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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q1 2015

Holdings as of March 31, 2015 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 92 US equity positions worth $6.8bn in its Q1 2015 13F filing. The largest position was PHARMACYCLICS INC at 7.3% of the reported book, followed by DIRECTV and TRW AUTOMOTIVE HLDGS CORP. Against the Q4 2014 filing, it opened 12 new positions, added to 23 and reduced 12 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q1 2015? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q4 2014
1 PHARMACYCLICS INC 7.3%$497.8m1,945,000 new
2 DIRECTV 5.6%$383.8m4,510,000 -5% reduced
3 TRW AUTOMOTIVE HLDGS CORP 4.4%$301.4m2,875,000 63% added
4 ACTAVIS PLC 4.3%$293.2m985,284 1407% added
5 HUDSON PAC PPTYS INC 4.3%$289.5m8,722,016 0% held
6 SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC 3.9%$268.3m1,552,600 1453% added
7 INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOG 3.2%$214.9m12,346,124 9% added
8 HOSPIRA INC 2.9%$200.3m2,280,000 new
9 HUDSON CITY BANCORP 2.7%$184.4m17,600,000 12% added
10 SIGMA ALDRICH CORP 2.6%$176.2m1,274,236 1038% added
11 BKR BAKER HUGHES INC Energy 2.4%$165.6m2,605,000 -27% reduced
12 TIME WARNER INC 2.4%$165.5m1,960,000 31% added
13 SIG SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED Consumer Cyclical 2.3%$157.5m1,135,000 12% added
14 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC D 2.3%$157.4m815,000 21% added
15 AMT AMERICAN TOWER CORP NEW Real Estate 2.3%$156.3m1,660,000 3% added
16 PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP 2.2%$150.6m717,000 new
17 SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORP NEW Financial Services 2.1%$143.0m4,698,000 7% added
18 KLX INC 2.1%$141.6m3,675,000 87% added
19 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 2.0%$135.7m1,845,000 51% added
20 TDG TRANSDIGM GROUP INC Industrials 1.9%$126.9m580,000 0% held
21 MSFT MICROSOFT CORP Technology 1.8%$123.6m3,040,000 -23% reduced
22 FAMILY DLR STORES INC 1.8%$121.6m1,535,000 22% added
23 TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC 1.7%$114.5m3,385,000 24% added
24 DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC 1.6%$109.3m1,360,000 86% added
25 AMG AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP Financial Services 1.6%$108.5m505,000 new
26 EBAY EBAY INC Consumer Cyclical 1.6%$106.1m1,840,000 -27% reduced
27 EXPE EXPEDIA INC DEL Consumer Cyclical 1.5%$101.2m1,075,000 new
28 PRICELINE GRP INC 1.4%$93.1m80,000 -32% reduced
29 B/E AEROSPACE INC 1.4%$92.2m1,450,000 9% added
30 TALISMAN ENERGY INC 1.4%$91.9m11,970,000 152% added
31 DG DOLLAR GEN CORP NEW Consumer Defensive 1.2%$84.8m1,125,000 -39% reduced
32 COCA COLA ENTERPRISES INC NE 1.2%$84.8m1,917,500 -60% reduced
33 FLEETCOR TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.2%$84.5m560,000 new
34 SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC 1.2%$82.4m31,014,000 new
35 GOOGLE INC 1.2%$80.2m144,500 -38% reduced
36 GOOGLE INC 1.2%$78.6m143,500 -38% reduced
37 ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS INC 1.0%$67.1m1,160,000 -16% reduced
38 HERBALIFE LTD 0.9%$61.9m74,900,000 new
39 UIL HLDG CORP 0.8%$53.2m1,035,050 new
40 RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY INC 0.7%$46.2m2,208,000 27% added
41 CPRT COPART INC Industrials 0.6%$41.2m1,097,441 -25% reduced
42 PATTERSON COMPANIES INC 0.5%$36.3m745,000 new
43 KN KNOWLES CORP Technology 0.5%$34.9m1,809,000 6% added
44 OFFICE DEPOT INC 0.5%$34.5m3,745,000 new
45 LAMR LAMAR ADVERTISING CO NEW Real Estate 0.5%$32.2m543,889 -59% reduced
46 RADIUS HEALTH INC 0.4%$30.1m731,600 85% added
47 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 0.4%$27.6m4,060,082 0% held
48 PERFECT WORLD CO LTD 0.4%$24.5m1,320,500 177% added
49 INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS IN 0.4%$24.1m85,600 new
50 A AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC Healthcare 0.3%$21.4m515,000 11% added

Weights are shares of the reported long US equity book (options excluded). Values are as filed, normalised to whole dollars. Share changes compare against the immediately preceding filing only.